Texas School Teacher Kathryn ‘Camille” Murray Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Child

Kathryn "Camille" Murray Jail Release

Houston, Texas

There has been another uprising in the number of school teachers turning out to be sexual predators of children and one has surfaced in the Houston area.

A Spring Branch ISD middle-school teacher, Kathryn “Camille” Murray is the latest to face criminal charges after she reportedly sexually abused an eighth-grade student. Murray, 28, was reportedly tutoring the boy after school. According to police, however, her tutoring didn’t involve books. Detectives say the eighth-grade teacher went to the home of the 15-year-old while his parents were away on Feb. 11.The 15-year-old's 12-year-old brother was also home. According to court documents, the 12-year-old found his brother in bed with Murray about 11:50 p.m.

According to court documents, the 15-year-old told investigators that he was in love with Murray.

Murray grew up in the neighborhood and attended both Memorial Middle School and Memorial High School. She has been a teacher at the middle school for the past three years.

It was a fellow faculty member, at Memorial Middle School, that blew the whistle on the alleged relationship between Murray and the boy to the principal on February 13.

Murray was fired from her teaching job shortly afterward.

After an investigation, the district alerted Child Protective Services, the Spring Branch ISD Police Department and the Texas Board for Educator Certification about the accusations.

Police filed charges on Murray earlier today and she was taken into custody several hours later.

Kathryn “Camille” Murray’s bond was set at $250,000. In her most recent court appearance, Murray was required to surrender her passport after prosecutors learned she had purchased a plane ticket to Mexico and closed her bank accounts. Court documents also show that Murray is married to a local attorney.

Memorial High School made the following statement:

"The safety of every SBISD student is our very highest priority. We are deeply shocked and outraged by this alleged conduct. We will never tolerate any teacher or other employee who takes advantage of and harms a student," the district said in a written statement. "This allegation, if true, represents a complete breach of the trust that our children and our community place in our educators every day. We are saddened by these allegations, and we are very concerned about the well-being of the student and his family."